Design Like You Drink Too Much

The news on Monday that Google Labs is releasing a Gmail application designed to prevent drunken e-mailing set the blogosphere on fire. Everyone, it seems, could relate to the scenario: a few too many drinks, and suddenly you’re firing off ill-conceived electronic missives that your sober self bitterly regrets the next morning. Mail Goggles combats this problem by forcing the epistolary-minded to rapidly complete a series of simple math problems before they can send an e-mail. Gmail users can enable the feature by going to “Settings,” then clicking on “Labs.”